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Doctors with small underwear (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vests

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'doctors with small underwear' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'doctors with small' is the wordplay.
'doctors' becomes 'vets' (vetting is a kind of doctoring).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'vets' enclosing 's' is 'VESTS'.

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(Another definition for vests that I've seen is " Sleeveless garments".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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